Overview:
I like muck...especially when it's dissolved in surface waters. We scientist-types call that dissolved organic matter (DOM) and I try to figure out:
In other words, I wish to understand the flux and cycling of DOM in surface waters, both fresh and salty. My research areas have included fresh and saline lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal shelves. Field sites have included: Chesapeake Bay, Hawai'i, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Gulf of Mexico, Baltic Sea, and Beaufort Sea.
These days, my students, postdocs, and I are studying DOM worldwide. We work a lot on rivers and estuaries in North Carolina and particularly on effects of extreme weather events. Current projects also include DOM in the Florida Coastal Everglades; the Fram Strait (east of Greenland); lakes of Southwest Greenland; and we continue to work on microbial production of colored DOM (CDOM) in the open ocean (PlankDOM).
I try to update this page semi-regularly (Ed. note: NO HE DOESN'T). If you are interested in joining the OsburnLab as a postdoc or graduate student, please contact me: [email protected].
Find me on Twitter (@closburn).
For publications see:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y_SfXAQAAAAJ&hl=en
UPDATES and ACTIVITIES:
I like muck...especially when it's dissolved in surface waters. We scientist-types call that dissolved organic matter (DOM) and I try to figure out:
- What are its sources in natural waters?
- What is its biological and chemical reactivity in natural waters?
- What information does it contain about environmental processes?
In other words, I wish to understand the flux and cycling of DOM in surface waters, both fresh and salty. My research areas have included fresh and saline lakes, rivers, estuaries, and coastal shelves. Field sites have included: Chesapeake Bay, Hawai'i, San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound, Gulf of Mexico, Baltic Sea, and Beaufort Sea.
These days, my students, postdocs, and I are studying DOM worldwide. We work a lot on rivers and estuaries in North Carolina and particularly on effects of extreme weather events. Current projects also include DOM in the Florida Coastal Everglades; the Fram Strait (east of Greenland); lakes of Southwest Greenland; and we continue to work on microbial production of colored DOM (CDOM) in the open ocean (PlankDOM).
I try to update this page semi-regularly (Ed. note: NO HE DOESN'T). If you are interested in joining the OsburnLab as a postdoc or graduate student, please contact me: [email protected].
Find me on Twitter (@closburn).
For publications see:
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y_SfXAQAAAAJ&hl=en
UPDATES and ACTIVITIES:
- Hats off to Dr. Cindy Lebrasse, formerly of the OsburnLab, whose paper in Marine Environmental Research was selected as a featured article by the Editors! Read the article here.